What I Am To Be

Monday, January 12, 2015

We put so much emphasis on events in our lives, the ones coming up and the ones we've just experienced, but how often do we get excited for the sometimes mundane, here and now? I say mundane, but I surely do not feel that way. I say mundane, because I think most of you feel that way. Oh sure, cleaning the toilet or washing windows (if you're so privileged) may seem tedious at best and dirty at worst, it is being ever present within that task that actually transcends the task itself making it a moment worth pursuing. Being present allows consciousness to expand beyond the imposed limitations of disdain and drudgery into the visions of Heaven. One need only recognize these tasks have virtuous merit pouring out and over into every interaction, every connection, every moment. Having morphed through life's many challenging experiences, I recognize that the quietest moments can be so much more powerful than the marching bands (and we all know not all marching bands are harmonious, to say the least). Indeed, the quietest moments help us to stay grounded when the illusory marching bands come clanging by. Remember in the Bible in the Old Testament, God was neither found in the rushing wind, nor the shaking earth, nor the fire, but in the quiet whisper that followed when things settled down a bit.

1 Kings 19: 10-13

And the word of theLordcame to him: “What are you doing here, Elijah?”

10 He replied, “I have been very zealous for the Lord God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me too.”

11 The Lord said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.”

Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake.12 After the earthquake came a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper.13 When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his face and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave.

Then a voice said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”

I am never alone in that stillness. And, neither are you (if you believe in that sort of thing). Belief is paramount, of course, to experiencing the presence of Almighty God and His Host of Heavenly Saints and Angels. Stillness creates that atmosphere conducive to the ever approaching, gentle yet so powerfully mysterious Spirit of Heaven. Faith in God allows the presence of God, and all that that brings into life. But first, you must believe and fortunately for me, I chose to believe at quite a young age. It is so much more a part of my life than anything else. I say 'it' but I mean 'Spirit'. The Spirit of God transcends everything that we do if we allow it to. Lean into God if you want to know God. I know after speaking to several college classes lately, that God is needed now more than ever.

Which brings me back to the present moment (always return to the present moment) and how God transcends every single moment, every single breath, every single thought, every single deed, if we allow Her/Him to. I am ever allowing. I welcome the experience of God in everything that I do, and if I'm engaged with you in any way, I am welcoming the experience of God in you. I have not only come to share but to receive. I am more open to receiving now than I've ever been and frankly, sometimes, what I need to receive is a lot but we don't always get what we need when we need it. Transcendence truly comes in handy in moments like these. Given eyes to see, one recognizes the moment is always so much more than we believe it to be. We sulk when we don't get what we want. We stomp our feet like children when fear overtakes us. We lash out in disagreement when things don't go our way. It's moments like these that faith makes all the difference. You will know them by their fruit and if someone bites your head off, chances are they are not truly utilizing the quiet moments of their lives to maximize Grace during the 'fight song', which they take literally.

Acknowledge God in all your ways, and He will make your path straight. Take a moment to thank our Almighty Creator for all that has been given freely and abundantly. Notice the abundance around you in nature and in love. There are typically no limitations where God is concerned, so why do we impose limitations on ourselves, and others? Why is it okay to create turbulent atmospheres throwing peace and tranquility to the wayside like some under appreciated step-child? When does humility and appreciation overtake us to the point that we would do anything to keep it? We go to war in the name of peace. What if we went to peace in the name of war? What if we put others needs first reaching far beyond our comfort level and opening up the clenched fists? We're just so quick to anger and at what cost? When has anger ever put anything into our hands worth keeping?

This is not the way.

In the stillness, you become acquainted with the darkest shadow parts of yourself, and others. In the quiet, you begin to recognize what, and who you are, and 'whose' you are, as well as others. As Pastor Joel has said and I'm paraphrasing, 'you came through your parents' you do not belong to your parents. So who do we belong to? Where do we come from? And, do we really want to dismiss those shadows hoping the light won't illuminate them one day on our sojourn back to Source (which is our life's work)?

Surely I could never live my life that way. Bring on the light. Bring on the stillness. Bring on the evaluation. I am an open book and I live for God. I know that you and I have shadows and I acknowledge that I am helpless to dispel them without the Grace of God. God forbid I should think that my bad behavior is capable of saving anyone on my best day. No. If I have ever done any good, it is the Grace of God that has done it and rest assured, if I have done any wrong (and I have) - it was truly I who is responsible and it is I who needs to repent, and I do. All day, every day. I have a reset button and I hit it often, as Jim Carey has said, "I ride that sucker all day long".

God's Grace is sufficient to illuminate my transgressions and allows me the trans-formative power to transmute them for the good. Thank God for that! Thank God that I will be a work in progress until the last breath I take. Thank God that the more I learn, the less I know. Thank God for humility and love and Grace and stillness. Thank God for patience and forgiveness. Thank God for tests and trials. Thank God for all of those that have transgressed against me for they have become my greatest teachers. I am still receiving this great gift through the Grace of God.

Friday, December 5, 2014

I don't wonder as much as I'm challenged by some to reconsider my viewpoints, that perhaps I take things too far spiritually, and that my viewpoints are not realistic enough for the world we 'live' in. I understand the confusion. They think 'we' live in different neighborhoods, different worlds and different mindsets. I get it. There are plenty of 'differences' that create an illusion of separation, but I've never subscribed to that philosophy. I've always had a deep sense and knowing that everything is connected, and that there has to be balance in this very chaotic world. How else could humanity, nature, animals, and all living things have peace, love and harmony? These things are basic universal rights for all beings in existence, not just a choice few. When things are out of balance, the chaos takes over as in our world today. We're seeing that chaos mushrooming and reverberating through the whole system, all over the world. The earth has never inhabited this many people, or this much money, or this much power, or this much corruption. It's reaching epic proportions and it's becoming obviously more unstable.

For me, I stand firm, firm on the side of truth, peace, immense love, balance, kindness, humility, harmony, hugs, genuine smiling from happiness. . . where do you stand?

The time has long come for unity and common sense. I pray as more things are revealed, more people will let go of fear and find their truthful voices, stand up and speak out with love, compassion and courage. We can face the lying giants together, and we can renew our own minds if we've been playing the game too long, or if we've given into the illusion. We're quite capable of anything once we find our passion, and life and living are just two primary things we should be very passionate about right about now.

Thursday, November 6, 2014

One of the most important yet misinterpreted virtues is that of humility. Being humble in this day and age is misconstrued as weakness but that couldn't be farther from the truth. It takes IMMENSE humility, courage and love to admit that we are sometimes less than we could be, worse than we should be, or too proud to be what we would be - if we were walking in humility.

To walk in humility is to put others first and ourselves last. It doesn't seem to gel with the world in its current state or paradigm. The current paradigm is all about greed and arrogance, and do unto others before they do unto you. Just how much can we obtain for ourselves, even hoarding things or resources for our immediate or long-term survival, and actually live peacefully? Well, we all know money can't buy love or happiness and we've seen enough wars to know that, right now, this is the mantra for many and for many, it is creating a void that is leading to some very interesting behavior. How could money ever bring peace to the Spirit that lives within the human body? It cannot. Spirit has little use for these things unless we are giving them away to others less fortunate....then they become real spiritual gifts that return way more than they could ever give. Humility gives. Pride hoards and we've seen the damage this has done and it might just take another lifetime to undo and unlearn all that's been taught in the spirit of success, wealth, beauty and fame, If any of those things had any real value the ones with the most of it wouldn't live in such fear of losing it all. If those things had any real power the whole world would be cared for, elevated, and fed. Just look at our nursing homes in the USA. Get to a certain point in this paradigm and you are no longer useful for anything other than sitting in a chair with wheels staring out a window and a street sign that says One Way. Oh, surely there is more than one way. Question becomes, 'can we get out of our own way' long enough to contemplate the really profitable choices like humility?

While arrogance, greed and pride can come with what seems like power - it is fleeting. Someone will always be stronger, hungrier, more prideful and so the competition goes. Who has the power? Who is losing it? Who is gaining it? And for what? What is the purpose of all of this power? Perhaps just like anger can lead a soul to peace, this kind of power can lead to giving if the human only look into the margin of the mirror. The margin contains all that is stored up. All of the things we don't want to look at are there behind us, beside us, in front and behind but as long as we stare at our own reflection we are distracted from the light that illuminates us - all of us, good, bad and ugly. Take your gaze off of yourself. Look at your brothers and sisters, our suffering earth and animals. Look at your heart and how you have contributed to this destruction and if so inspired, make some changes.

For me, my personal inventory of what was in my margin led me to the wonderful Hawaiian Ho'opono opono healing prayer. Thankfully, I had help in obtaining this spiritual guidance. You must surround yourself with Spirit filled people...what you need comes. Broaden your horizon. You will find what you seek and I found it just in time.

We've all had magnificent pasts that have helped us, healed us and hurt us. It's holding onto the hurt and disappointment that creates ill in the body, the mind, the spirit, and our world. Bitterness, holding onto grudges, past offenses, not seeing people especially oneself as fallible, all lead to illusion, separation, confusion and God does not live there.

For God is not a God of disorder but of peace--as in all the congregations of the Lord's people.

Humility can be a very hard concept for some and I think it should be a class in school throughout our entire tenure. We should learn about Humility before anything else and as a magnificent side dish there should also be a class called Forgiveness. We, as humans, need as much spiritual guidance as we can get to make clear the illusion of separateness. We think we're better than some people. We think we're smarter than some people. We think so many thoughts that separate and feed the illusion, but when you prayerfully contemplate existence there is an overwhelming love and peace that prevails inside that the outside just doesn't match up to. It's contrary. You deeply FEEL the truth that love is the bottom line not greed, success or wealth. Real connectedness is profoundly humbling. It's beautiful to contemplate. But, there are still those that hold on so tightly to what they've obtained that surely they will lose their grip or their grip will be loosened for them. This is not the way. This is not the truth of real peace and tranquility. If it were, I would know. I would totally be all in as I am with Spirit. I've seen fame, fortune and success. It is not the way, in my humble opinion. And while I am not famous I am wealthy in Spirit and consider that a great success. You define it for yourself. I'd be really honest if I were you. Take a good look in the margins. What do you live for? Who do you live for?

I live for God. Period. I aspire to please God, not men. I aspire to reach the heights of a virtuous life. I want my companions to be of the light, Godly, inspired, fast to forgive, quick to love, quick to share. I want to help everyone reach the heights of pure love, pure compassion, pure joy. It is possible to reach this exquisite paradigm in your heart. I have and I strive to stay there every single day and trust me, with this type of statement, the tests and trials come. Oh boy, do they come and that's why this prayer came to me. Just in time, not a second too soon. If it had come to me sooner, I might have disregarded it. I wasn't ready. Are you?

It takes a truly humble heart to pray this amazing prayer. I could not just describe this prayer without first setting the foundation as to why we should be humble to begin with. Perhaps you've been persuaded by the illusion? Perhaps you are wreaking havoc in your own life as you struggle with the anxious feelings of not having enough friends, love, money, power, fame, or even time left? That's a wrestling match we will always lose. When you place your trust outside of yourself how will you ever be satiated? Who has ever been truly satisfied with what the world offers? The world is at odds with the Spirit on so many levels yet when you tap into Spirit you are given eyes to see the world as it really is and you start to tread much lighter on her, on others, on yourself. You can no longer dwell in self service you can only rise to serve others, and one of the first ways is humility which leads to forgiveness. How do I know? Because I am so very human seeking super spiritual power. Humility and forgiveness are indeed supernatural, super powerful, super Spiritual. It's when you finally settle into searching your heart that this prayer becomes one of the most powerful healing resources you'll ever come across. Are you ready to forgive yourself?

Ego may answer that question with 'what have I done'? 'What do I have to be sorry for'? That is not Spirit. That is ego. Your highest self knows emphatically that you are a fallible human being and you have some stuff in the margins. Only a fool would think their hands are clean. Everyday, in every way, we offend ourselves and others. Every single day. I pity the fool who thinks otherwise and I also pity the fool who thinks this is a waste of time. This is the most profitable way to spend your human lifetime because it leads to virtues that indeed, the soul takes with it when it leaves this school of life and this body. What will be in your soul when you leave this planet? If you don't like what you see perhaps this prayer is for you, as it is for me.

I'm sorry.

Please forgive me.

I love you.

Thank you.

As defined in the Hawaiian Dictionary through Wikipedia:

Literally, hoʻo is a particle used to make an actualizing verb from the following noun, as would "to" before a noun in English. Here, it creates a verb from the noun pono, which is defined as

Ponopono is defined as "to put to rights; to put in order or shape, correct, revise, adjust, amend, regulate, arrange, rectify, tidy up, make orderly or neat".

That's it. Simple yet profoundly difficult for some. It was difficult for me for quite a while until I understood that peace lives inside of me, not outside in the approval of others and anything that I'm holding onto is preventing me from moving forward with grace, love and tenderness. While I want everyone to love me, not everyone does, and that's okay but it's not okay for me not to love me, or them. I was so self destructive for so long believing that I was unlovable, unworthy, and just not good enough because of a few people in my life who just did not have anything of true value to give to me. I held onto this need thinking that this is the way it is, we obtain this esteem from others but that is not the case. I have all the self esteem in the world now and it depends on a much higher source of inspiration, One that never let's me down, ever. God's grace is sufficient for me but I wouldn't mind a few more super spiritual humans in my life. Perhaps offering this prayer out into the ether will bring them closer to me. I am ever hopeful.

Your energy is felt long before your words are spoken and grateful is the heart that hears the words the heart needs to hear. Perhaps your heart needs to hear these words today from yourself, or from someone else. Start with yourself as I did. Forgive yourself for all of it. ALL OF IT. Then you will begin to see the bridge that gaps the divide of the illusion of separation. Then, you can forgive others effortlessly and easily and the proof will be in the fruit you produce. You cannot harvest hate and love at the same time. The immediate harvest of love is the grace that flows through a forgiving heart. Humility melts the hardest heart. It melted mine and it will melt yours as well.

There is real healing power in this prayer, and in the heart of the human whose focused intention is to forgive self and others through immense humility. It becomes increasingly more difficult to perpetuate what you once thought of as profitable. Once you've crossed this threshold, what once deeply offended you becomes much easier to rise above and transmute into love. Once you've prayed this prayer to yourself, you learn to pray it to everyone and then, you can navigate your way to true peace and tranquility. The last leg of this journey is honoring all the virtues that you may have offended; Peace, Consciousness, Gratitude, Unity, Kindness, Holiness, Harmony, Compassion, Healing, just to name a few.

Imagine forgiving yourself for all and starting fresh. Imagine forgiving everyone for everything and erasing your memory of these offenses. Doesn't that sound amazing? It is.

Imagine being the peace. Imagine being the love. Imagine being the harmony. All of these virtues, and many more will fill your spiritual bag of resources and you become a brighter light that beckons peace, love and harmony. You couldn't prevent peace if you wanted to. You just are the peace through love and humility and peace begets peace.

Friday, October 31, 2014

I just watched Jim Carey's Commencement address for the 2014 graduates of the Maharishi University of Management. It is interesting that the life I strive for is the one that he describes. I'm so excited to know that Jim has evolved and is using his influence to raise the vibration of the planet through his words and fine example.

There is a mighty distinction between "a dog that can eat you that is in your head, or a real dog that can eat you". And he's right when he states that most people do not make this distinction. They may not even realize that they are the dog in some cases biting off their own leg.

One thing is for sure, I needed to hear this to remind myself that I am not alone. That what I believe and how I live my life is the real deal. I am who I say I am, I have what I say I have, and I do what I say I do. For this, I am truly grateful. Otherwise, I'd be operating from fear and there is just too much of that going on these days.

Be aware of the wolf in sheep clothing that would try to persuade you to be the fear that they personify. God forbid. Be the light. Be the love and be the peace. Let the rest go.

Thursday, October 30, 2014

Now that we have covered what meditation is and how to start
to be the stillness the next step is to think about techniques to free the mind
of all that clutter, be it mild, medium or very strong clutter. In the beginning of my journey all I had was
this unquenchable passion, this magnetic pull and every time I would try to get
closer to the source of this pulling I would be confronted with all kinds of
obstacles from rouge thoughts to full on stories of a painful trauma or
situation that I had endured or survived.
The rouge thoughts were easily navigated around or dismissed
entirely. The painful memories and the
dense emotion that would come to the surface, well that was another thing
entirely. Why was all of this coming to
the forefront of my quiet time? I am
trying to meditate over here.

For me, in order to fill this vessel with light it had to be
emptied of all the shadows, shadows being my past disappointments, offenses,
attacks of all kinds, jealousy, bitterness, envy, things I held against myself
as well as others, maybe even God. It’s
when we get in the silence all these lists come to the surface. Why is there a list and what is this list
doing to us? Can’t we keep the list and
just focus on the light? Yes. We keep the list while focusing on the light
but just as light reflects off a shard of glass, the light inside of us will
reflect onto and off of anything that needs to be addressed, released, and transmuted
into the positive including this list.

For example, you and a friend have had some cross words and
there’s an event coming up soon that you will both be attending. It’s awkward and there is friction between
you and you may think that as long as you’re not in the same room together all
is well but that’s not entirely the case.
The thoughts and emotions created by this illusion of separation bring
real roots with it. This could be an
opportunity to transmute friction by making amends, having another conversation
with humility, forgiveness, whatever the case may be. Making no decision is a decision so if you
decide not to address the situation and just attend the event, bringing these
shadows with you, you run the risk of adding onto what was already a stressful
situation. This can become compounded
now because of the allowance of friction.
I realize we cannot control anyone, only ourselves so perhaps clearing
the slate prior to the event is the only path to peace. You decide to be the peace. You decide to forgive and keep no record of
wrong despite the fact that it hurt, you felt slighted, you felt wronged. Jesus said in Luke 23:34 “Father, forgive
them, they know not what they do.” ‘They’
are you and me. We need more forgiveness
for self and others. We need to realize
we are all connected doing the very best we can do with the information we
have. Forgiveness is underrated and
holding onto grudges leads to all sorts of sticky, dense, and toxic energy in
the human body and causes internal and external wars potentially but it doesn't have to. Keeping a record of wrongs, well that’s just
a trigger mechanism to relive and reanimate for whoever will listen to the wrongs
that our poor souls have endured.

But you are not a poor soul.
You are a very strong and capable being whose soul purpose is to bring
about peace on this planet at this time.
If we release these toxic shadows and transmute them into the light, our
meditation experience will be sublime.

How do you release these shadows?

Firstly, be brutally honest with yourself. Become aware of the feelings and emotions
that accompany thoughts that pull you out of center, out of the present moment
into the past. What happened? Becoming aware of these obstacles is the
first step. Keeping a journal is the
second. All of my mentors have taught me
to journal. Every one of them stating
the importance of taking these thoughts, emotions, memories and writing and
them down, getting them out so to speak.
Like a vortex of energy they swirl inside the brain and heart creating
all sorts of distractions. Once the
brain is allowed to relive and replay the emotions are sure to follow. Once you engage in a shadow thought and the
emotion starts it may seem like there is no end to your suffering and you are
quite right. If you allow your mind to
relive and replay and you allow your emotions to live on the inside of you like
a jack in the box just waiting for the right trigger to pop out, scare you and
other people, you are not living anywhere near center, near conscious living,
you are living on play, rewind, repeat.

Write it down.
Whatever is swirling around you on the inside put it on paper. Notice the emotion, if any, the tears, the
effect this thought has on your entire being.
It’s no wonder you were having trouble focusing on stillness when this
troublesome thought lives like a weed on the inside whose only purpose is to
choke the life out of you and with no one cutting it back, eradicating it, or
even trying to until now, it has had free reign. Every
morning when you wake up write in your journal.
Write your cares, your fears, your joys, your doubts, your worries,
write everything down that is in your brain when you wake up. This takes some of the sting out of the
thought. This releases some of the
emotion associated with the thought. Are
you done now that you’ve written it down?
No, not entirely. You may notice that this same thought is upon
you every morning. It’s the same thought
or problem or hurt and it’s nagging at you.
You’ve already written it down.
Why won’t it go away?

Journaling is a very powerful tool in emptying the mind of
the human but sometimes it’s just one of many spiritual tools that one needs
and has access to. Depending on the
thoughts or emotions, a person may need to delve deeper to get to the root
causes in order to release. Prayerfully
journaling and prayerfully meditating work in tandem with Spirit to
miraculously heal and diffuse negative energies that live inside. You will know when you are free from these
thoughts because there will be a lightness about you that was there all the
time, but you were not aware of it. Once
we peel back the layers of thoughts and emotions we can tap into the true
source of our true infinite nature where shadows do not exist and if they do
exist, they do so to test and refine.
What we are dealing with now is our own creation and its purpose is
quite the same. Do not resist the lesson or the path. It’s the same for all of us.

Affirmations, self talk, positive thinking and deliberate
thoughts that empower us to continue on our journey when releasing shadows are
extremely important. They are important
all the time. I liken it to keeping a
weight in your hand to constantly flex the muscles in your arm. Deliberate thoughts train the mind to
strengthen itself with positive fuel as opposed to negative toxic fuel which
makes us sick. It makes sense, doesn't it? What goes in must come out. Positive goes in, positive comes out. Negative goes in, negative comes out. We have the capacity to lift up the vibration
of the world with our delightfully positive outlook on life and we have the
power to pull down the vibration of the world with our toxic, worrisome and
negative outlook, but it actually takes more effort to frown than smile. That’s because you’re true nature is that of peace, dare I say love.

Once you release thoughts and emotions that no longer serve
you, you make room for thoughts that have a much higher purpose, vibration and in fact are
much higher; thoughts about world peace
and unity and healing and joy, thoughts about feeding the world and advocating
for all living things and our planet.
Our minds and our souls are on this planet for a much higher purpose
than just ourselves but it absolutely begins with each and every one of
us. When we take responsibility for the
state of our being, the state of our consciousness, we can then take the proper
steps to join in with the universal, if not just global oneness thought process
that includes and never excludes, that tolerates and respects, edifies and
supports, loves and has compassion for the entire human spirit not just the few
highly favored.

Meditation is the tool if you want to get to the bottom of
who you are. Journaling and praying keep
you humble, accountable and somewhat scientific in your approach utilizing all the
spiritual resources available to you and taking very complex principles and
breaking them down into palatable, useable, techniques. You will turn to your journal over and over. You will see the Hand of God at work in your
life. You will see the scales fall off
of your eyes right before your writing fingertips. You will lament and purge and stain your
journal with sorrowful, salt filled tears.
You will turn the page and see and feel those tears transmuted into the
platinum healing light of God. You will
never be the same.

What if it all gets to be too much to bear? Hang in there. Prepare a spiritual space for yourself that
you can return to with a feeling of being cared for. You are taking yourself on your life path
journey. Make it okay. It is okay.
Everything will be okay, no matter what.
Affirm this to yourself. Create a
vision board of you meditating and being free.
Remind yourself over and over that this is your time. Use some incense, candles, essential oils and
hemi-sync brain wave meditation music, go for a walk in the park. Stay grounded. Stay the course. Keep your inner eye focused on the
prize: Peace. Stillness.
Joy. Refuse to be
distracted.

As you further along on this path you will become lighter,
more joyful, more grounded. You will not
be so fully persuaded to react to life’s circumstances, pushing and pulling as
you had in the past. There will be space
in between your thoughts. You will react
less and thoughtfully respond more. You
will have raised your inner frequency and outer energy. People may notice. New challenges may present themselves. Observe them from a safe distance. Notice they don’t have the same allure they
once had. Notice you may not want to
play the way you played in the past.
Listen to your newly honed intuition.
Pray about everything. Journal
your every thought. Meditate every
day. Keep on the path.

Your mind cannot comprehend what is waiting
for you in the stillness. Trust that the
light is pure and illuminating.

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

I am an energy aficionado and I have a question. Why have we given over our faith energy to the pharmaceutical industry whose ads
confound us with their endless side effects and not Spirit and its endless and infinite possibilities? I have never heard feathered into any one of
these mainstream media medical ads at the beginning, the middle or the end, that this that or the other
drug will actually cure us. On the contrary, taking drugs approved by the FDA in this country comes with a plethora of possible side effects that will only lead us to additional drugs with an even longer laundry list of side effects. If proof is
the bottom line for every one the jury is in, the decision is final, just say
no to drugs. Perhaps there is another agenda? Well, of course there is, I'm being silly. You know it. I know it. The entire world knows it. So, how can we get around it? Are there any real healing and wellness alternatives out there for our maladies or are we doomed to pharmaceuticals for all eternity? How did we actually arrive at this state of being? Are we all really this ill that we need all of these toxins? Penicillin is less than one hundred years old and just look at how many drugs are on the market today with their corresponding illnesses that probably didn't even exist back then.

Okay that was way too many questions and that
all just lends itself to my passion and how taking back our health is of optimum importance. I don't want you to just feel a little better, I want you to feel amazingly better. My goal is to teach as many people as possible that they are making themselves sick in a lot of cases with the substances they consume and absorb, the thoughts they think and project and ultimately the energy that either sustains or depletes them, I work with energy but what does this mean? This means that the subtle energies that
exist around us and are emitted from us are scientifically and humanly detectable and if you work towards that ability you not only can detect these energies in yourselves, but you can transmute the negative ones and help to
heal them where necessary, through the grace of God, of course. You can do this
just as easily as I can and it starts with intention, prayer and meditation and once you begin your practice there is no limit to what
you will learn and experience about energy and how much of it you actually are so changing it becomes easy and effortless especially as it pertains to personal wellness and healing.

By now, most of us know that everything in existence is made up of pretty much the same star dust energy as everything else. At the center of even the most dense matter, when you get down to the atomic level nothing is static or stagnant. When you get down to the sub atomic level even those atoms are moving with a pulsating life force energy that is changed only by your observation.

Imagine. You become aware of your thoughts and your frequency, the vibration you are putting out into the universe and you decide to change it and it changes. The potential for world peace lies therein I would think.

That's a rabbit hole of a different depth and I digress, but not really. Getting back to everything and everyone is
emitting a frequency that is scientifically detectable. Plants, animals, people, sound, light, scent, inanimate objects
all emit a frequency and these frequencies vibrate at different levels. The best way for me to describe the
difference and how you may have already been able to feel these frequencies, when
you walk into a room that’s open and inviting and filled with flowers or plants
and children and loved ones you may notice the energy is very loving and
inviting, comfortable and healing. On
the other hand, if you walk into an environment where an argument has just
taken place or is taking place and you see and hear the argument escalating,
you may notice that your heart rate increases along with your blood pressure
and you may think this is a natural response for most of us and you’d be
right. A person just walking into
either of those environments can blindly absorb all the energy around them and
carry it around for days. A high vibration can linger just as long as a lower vibration only the lower vibration has an uncanny ability to destroy and cause disease while the higher vibration has an uncanny ability to calm and cause healing. What
energy workers try to teach is that firstly there is a detectable vibration and that we are either raising it or lowering it depending on our state of awareness. The second is that you are
emitting a vibration and you are responsible for where you point that thing! Don’t be pointing your vibration in my direction
unless you know what you’re emitting. We are always emitting and absorbing but the goal and ultimate
objective is to become so aware that we emit only unconditional love, one of the highest possible compassionately healing vibrations. We then detect and shield ourselves from the lowest ones transmuting them into the positive and to
take this notion to its highest possible fruition, to heal the human body and
then for that healed human to heal other humans. J

Proof? Yes, yes. There is proof in Spirituality but how do you package an experience? In our Western capitalist culture we are manufacturers of product so where is the Spiritual product that proves that Spirit exists and healing exists? I personally use incense and healing crystals and anointed essential oils and all of them become useless without my intention. However, with my intention and the grace of God all things are possible and I've EXPERIENCED phenomena that Science would argue is not provable but what does Science have to do with God? Well, it has everything to do with God but people tend to get in the way. God reveals Him/Herself to each open heart as the open heart seeks, shows up, listens, taps into, reaches up, prays and meditates. You have to be in attendance and Spirit will touch you and provide you with all the proof you need. It becomes irrefutable. This proof is the kind of energy Healers, Yogi's, Priests, Monks, Sisters and devoted followers have been speaking about for eons.

Everyone emits their own personal frequency. Some people just make you feel better and some just don't. I leave it up to you to decide but try not to judge just try to become more aware. Personally speaking I’ve had my own
experiences with energy, which have lead me here today and my purpose is not to
convince you but you to teach you that energy is detectable, we all emit
frequencies and some of us work really hard to tap into higher levels of
consciousness so as to be able to detect and transmute the lower energies. Imagine a room full of negative ions and a
very high vibrating positive ion enters into the equation, well that positive
ion especially if it has the grace of God and intention to do so, has the potential to transmute
all of those negative ions into positive ones.
In translation, energy workers have the potential to turn negative energy
into positive energy through teaching, anointing, laying on of hands, through
prayer, primarily though the driving force in all of it; God, intention and the desire and love to help
people heal themselves from stress, heartache, suffering and ultimately
illness. There are many like me who walk
about spreading the great news that there is real healing in the world. There is also a tremendous need for more healers. Perhaps you're being called to take yourself to the next level in your own spiritual development. I say 'perhaps' but I know you are being called to the next level, we all are. The question becomes will you answer?

Meditation is one way to answer the call. It is a very powerful way to connect to source. Prayer and meditation go hand in hand like inhaling and exhaling. They work in tandem to bring life force energy into the breather. Meditation is a spiritual relaxation technique that helps
you to hear closely what the body needs, what the spirit needs, and what the soul
needs because it settles you into the core of your true being, your true
nature, your true essence. You think you’re
just human and let’s be clear, just human is a brilliant, amazing, incredible
mind blowing trip. But what’s going on
inside of this human and how it connects to everything else that’s alive and
everything else that exists is mind blowing on a level that you can only reach
through meditation and that is anything but 'just' spiritual.

The sublime ultimate is pure spirituality existing in the
consciousness and intention filled, light saturated human being. The human that yields its outward fading
shine and inward miraculous mechanics to an infinite and omniscient spark presence
is surely a being that time would surely charm, per Axel Rose in November Rain “If
you could heal a broken heart, wouldn't time be out to charm you”?

Meditation takes you into the quiet, peaceful, tranquil, vast space of
your heart center. It is the place where
silence and stillness exists in the midst of your never still body. Your body is in constant motion, even when
you’re sleeping. You are a ‘life force
being’ who radiates energy vibrations, just like electricity. Some of us operate at full capacity easily
and effortlessly. Some of us are barely
operating. Some of us are somewhere in between. Some of us are sick and some of us on this
planet are so out of touch. So how can
we get to the place of beginnings?

Meditation is a vacation within that teaches us over time
where our center is, what balance feels like and where our jumping off and landing
back point is, our place of beginnings.

What do I mean by that?

Life has a way of pushing us around, literally and
figuratively. Sometimes we overextend
ourselves, we stop taking care of ourselves and allow ourselves to get away
from optimum health, we over eat, or over drink or over work too much, we lose
sleep, we get into arguments, we get disappointed, we get stressed out, frustrated,
we act out and we can eventually get sick from all of this pushing.

Unfortunately, the humans I've experienced
around the Northern New Jersey area in particular are quite interested in
pushing. They push on the
highway, in the hallway, in the grocery store, at the mall. You do not want a confrontation but if the
majority of the people are walking around with dense energies, you are
susceptible to that energy. You can
absorb that density and take on its traits and become short tempered, get
really stressed out and start to push back.
We’re watching all over the world people being pushed by low vibrating
humans and then other low vibrating humans are pushing back, harder and more
often.

Meditation is the opposite of pushing. Meditation is the acceptance, release,
detachment and freedom from every day stresses that once you begin to practice,
seem to, over time, have less meaning.
Your frequency gets higher. The
denser energies of sadness, disappointment, anger, and stress, etc. resonate
less. When we operate from a low
capacity these denser energies resonate strongly since we are closer to that
vibration but optimally our goal is to raise our vibration, increase our
capacity to accept and release thereby creating freedom which I can associate
with the feeling of a really amazing vacation where you breathe deeply without
a care in the world. The secret is that
the ‘vacation’ lies within perception.

Sounds easy right?
Well it is. Meditation is the
easiest thing in the world to do. You do
not need any equipment (although Young Living Essential Oils definitely help),
you do not need any special clothing.
All you need is the desire to reach a state of being that is peaceful,
joyful, expansive, healing, Holy, and delightful.

Eat, drink, use the restroom, shut off all electronic
equipment and be prepared to sit comfortably, uninterrupted for at least 5
minutes the first time. Notice I did not
say there should be silence in the world.
There is no such thing. As I am typing I can hear the orchestra of
crickets outside my window. There will
ALWAYS be distractions. These will be
effortlessly and easily overcome with practice.
Do not concern yourself with noise.
Just go within.

Sit or lie down or hang from a tree if that makes you
comfortable, the key is to come to meditation with no physical desires EXCEPT stillness,
peacefulness and grounding. I use Highest Potential or Peace and Calming Essential
Oil and inhale it deeply to further prepare myself for this quiet time.

After you've read all the way through, begin by closing your eyes. Take a few deep breaths,
inhaling deeply and holding it in at the top of the breath for a moment or two,
and then releasing slowly and fully.
Repeat this two, or three times to bring your focus to your breath and
away from the many thoughts of the mind.

At this point the mind may resist and ask you to do a
million things, and it may even chastise you for not ‘doing’ something, but
trust your highest self.

“You are a human being not a human doing”.

as Deepak Chopra said, and meditation is indeed ‘something’.

Relax into your breathing, and begin to WATCH as your many
endless, contrary, opinionated, passion filled thoughts come to your mind to
distract you, to tell you of their urgency.
Relax and just let them float by, returning to your deep inhale, holding
it at the top for a moment or two, and then releasing slowly.

Every time you find yourself ‘thinking’, bring your focus
back to your breath and away from the mind.
The goal is to create space in between your thoughts. The goal is to quiet the mind and connect you to
your warm and loving heart center so that you can connect with your highest
self, your life force energy, your Chi, Ki or Qi.
With practice, you can learn to connect, tap into, turn onto, lean into,
and radiate from your heart center all the peace necessary to navigate this
world which is by far the most powerful way to go.

There is more positive energy emanating from a meditative
heart than anger from a bitter one.
Bliss, joy, love and peace are derived, cultivated, shared, taught and
learned from this energy center. They
are the highest vibrating emotions and intentions one can have. Meditation helps us to release anything that
holds us back from these and unconditionally loving ourselves first and then one another.

Now, with a deep inhalation bring your attention from the
breath in your chest to your heart center where all the love in the world is
stored. Place your hand on your heart
with the intention to love, honor, embrace and comfort yourself for all that
you do, have done or will do as a spirit being having a human experience. If you know you've done the best you can do,
love yourself. If you know you can do
better, love yourself. If you know
you've not done enough, love yourself. Try
and create a deep love for yourself and if possible, love deeper. Connect your
deep breathing with the slow, steady, rhythmic beat of your heart. This is the source and pulse of energy and
frequency that you are emitting. Others
coming into your presence can feel this emission before they speak with
you. Emit the highest possible frequency
and just like sound waves bounce and return, the highest possible frequency
will emit back.

Inhale deeply. Think calm. Hold for a moment or two, exhale deeply and
smile. Congratulations. You
have just taken your first meditation trip to the place of beginnings. This place is your source of all calm, peace, bliss
and joy, even in the midst of hardships and trials. This center place is the
place you want to become intimately familiar with. The more you visit the calmer and more peaceful your state of being will become and the more your ability to cope with adversity increases. Naturally this will spill over into every cell in your body making them calmer and more peaceful and that increases health and wellness. Meditation is the first step to become aware of and taking control of your state of being and making sure you are on the right track. You can visit this place as often as you
like, you just need to close your eyes, take a deep breath and begin your
journey within.

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

We have traversed this path many, many times and each time we pass, the Universe is hopeful that we will be travelling lighter, each and every time. Fall has come once again and it seems, almost a little too quickly for us northern New Jersians, who just endured one of the toughest Winters we can recall. But, we made it nonetheless, and with the seasonal changes come the consumerism nightmares. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for fun and laughter, warmth and gift giving, but we, here in the Western world, have taken this to a whole 'nother level and it's really quite despicable. Even the terrorists wait for us to fill the malls and stores so they can take as many of us out as possible, but we keep showing up, year after year, no matter what.

This country is in dire straits. Our soldiers are fighting so many unknown, unfamiliar, unnamed and named enemies and they're losing their lives. They fight for our freedom, so, what? So we can continue in funding the corruption that is in charge?

Most Americans are aware of what's happening. Most Americans are horrified by what has happened to our beautiful country. However, most Americans are still acting as if nothing is happening. They are still buying more than they need, throwing away what should be recycled, taking medicines and vaccines that kill, eating poisonous food EVERYDAY, polluting, and turning a blind eye, which makes it that much harder for the rest of us.

I just came back from grocery shopping and while I understand organic, or farm fresh food, is more expensive than mainstream food, is it that difficult to see what long term usage of these tainted GMO products will lead to? Haven't we all seen enough of the pharmaceutical business solutions to our health concerns? I mean, seriously....is anyone paying attention?

I am a cancer survivor. After having gone through a few weeks of radiation and hearing that a 'nutritionist' was coming to visit with me, I was excited, thinking I was going to get an inside track on what NOT to eat. That was laughable as her job was to just make sure I was still eating status quo. Makes sense, doesn't it?

As long as you continue to buy, buy, buy - change will not happen.

When my grandparents ruled the world, we had a much simpler life. Gifts were simpler. Food was simpler. Government was simpler. World domination and exploitation, while it existed, was not as healthy as the fatted calf America has become. Oh, we are ripe for the slaughter. We are passive, we are unhealthy, and some, if not most of us are not even conscious yet.

Haven't we suffered enough as a country. Haven't we been attacked and lost enough? How many more of our children need to suffer? How many more?

How will you address these issues this HOLIDAY season? Will you continue to fund the blind eye of corruption? Will you teach your children to do the same?

I am a child of the 60's and 70's and I miss the days when Americans marched on Washington. I miss the days when the megaphone blared on the corner with a wholesome alternative message. I miss the days of freedom of speech, and freedom of religion. I miss freedom period. We are selling our souls to the devil in the name of big corporation, con agra, big pharma, big consumerism - and where would they be without us?

Indeed. Where would they be without you? Perhaps this year we need to send a very loud message to our government, our congress, our President, our enemies. Perhaps America needs to get a back bone, stand up in our local communities and fight back and let Monsanto and all of these other corrupt, blood sucking, dark shadow forces know that we will not take this lying down. I, personally, will fight for this country through my words, deeds, testimonies, and overall life long philosophy, which is love one another, do no harm, help one another, edify one another, lift others up, put others first, feed the world, pray for the world, forgive the world.

I wonder if this season will be any different. I wonder if the American people will continue to fund what will ultimately be our demise. If we continue on this path and look back and ask, 'how did this happen', I will be right there to tell them they chose to close their eyes on the big picture and deceive themselves into thinking their backyards were the only ones that were important. America, wake up! Our backyards are all attached. We are all connected. We are all in this together and we have the power to change everything. We have the power to take back our country. Just think how one million people, who decided not to spend their hard earned money this year on the latest and greatest bs gadgets, could effect the economy if they took that money and put it into a fund for resolution, not a bank mind you, but a mutual fund. The mutual fund would be for the future of America. Keep your money under your mattress. Do not put it into the Federal Reserve. Do not take out any more loans. Do not apply for any more credit. The system is overloaded and being cloaked in deception anyway. We are only making them fatter and more aggressive toward us. It's time to take our country back and it starts today.

I challenge you to do things simpler this year. Buy less. Do not be the one who doesn't care how it's made, what creature had to die in order for you to be warm in it, how much it costs 'cause you got it like that. Believe me, money and power corrupt completely. Just look around. We have no one to blame except ourselves. Take the 'I'm taking America back' challenge and put your money in your pocket. Just watch and see what happens.

Friday, September 19, 2014

Seeing isn't always pretty. Seeing is sometimes the hardest thing to do when your heart is wide open. You don't want to see everything there is to see but because of your awakening, you must. Perception is a counter balance, of course, but even in the balance the truth of what you see, witness, get close enough to be burned by, can be alarming. If I didn't have a spiritual life, faith, and a daily disciple of meditation, prayer and exercise, I might become overwhelmed.

Does anyone out there feel this way?

These are amazingly transformative times. You are either aware and going with this new energy, or you are unaware, perhaps still self absorbed by the ego and believing in the old status quo, the old paradigm. If you are the former, bravo, you've found your path, keep going. If you are the latter, there is still plenty of time to get onboard and change your life for the better, raise your vibration, and create more peace on the planet.

The fundamental questions remain, "What is your life really all about"? "Why are you here"? "What is your true purpose"? Perhaps you've already answered these questions sufficiently in your life and you are pursuing all of your dreams with passion and determination. Perhaps you've had a spiritual encounter or awakening that catapulted you to the next 'spiritual level' and you are now reaping a harvest and gathering the fruit thereof. Perhaps you've only just started to question your purpose and you haven't got a clue. Perhaps you really don't care and just want to play video games. Welcome to the club. We're all in this mix somewhere. We've all been on one overlapping path after the other. This is the human learning experience and one of the keys to a good learning experience is to be asking the questions. There are no wrong questions. Just keep asking them of yourself, of each other, of Spirit, of Almighty God. The answers most definitely come to the heart that is searching. Test the answers. Listen carefully and make sure you're not spinning the answer to keep you exactly where you are. Accept the truth and know that sometimes (most times) it's not what you think. Keep the faith and keep tapping into the quest for more knowledge. You, just like me, will not be disappointed. A true and pure heart searching for the truth will surely not search in vain. You will, indeed, find more and see more than you could ever have imagined.

Yes seeing is great especially in a world seemingly so blind to the damage that it does. The opposite of that is also true. The way this paradigm is set up, it is completely blind to the good that the world does even more. We have a skewed perception due to the media and the information we absorb when in fact, if we tapped into the spiritual perspective, we would see things very differently. There is good in the world, quite a lot of it. And rest assured, someone is keeping track. The world and the way it exists should tell us that history can be read through many, many divine and natural sources. The truth will always be revealed and you will know the truth when you see it.

So now that you're asking the questions and receiving answers through life experience, repeated lessons, prayer, and meditation, what do we do with all that we see?

Pray. Pray for the world to be peaceful. Pray for the hungry to be fed. Pray for the blind to see. Pray for the weak to be strengthened. Pray for the lonely to be comforted. Pray for the sick to be healed. Pray for the wicked to be enlightened. Pray for our enemies. Pray for the suffereing that the Holy Spirit would minister to them. Pray until you fall asleep from exhaustion and when you arise, pray some more.

If you can see what I can see, the world needs healers, prayer warriors, and spiritual leaders willing to pray the human race into the most amazing revolution the world has ever seen. Love will change the world. Love will heal the world. Love will cover a multitude ... and let's stop and look at that for a minute. I emphasize that a record is being kept....and the Scripture I'm quoting above - love COVERS a multitude of sins. Why would it need to be covered if in our sinful nature we purposely covered it? Who can see it? Who can see the wrong things we do in the shadow? ~*~

There is nothing hidden that will not be revealed. There are no tears that will not be wiped away or any heartache that will not be mended. These healings are happening, in the here and now. You need not wait. If you want to see clearly, seek clarity. If you want to see with eyes of compassion, seek compassion. If you want to see the love of humanity, seek the source of all love, the Spirit of Love itself. You will not be disappointed when, with practice, your seeing eyes and your perception will reach a most effective level.

Monday, July 28, 2014

It's been a great, little while since I've written, but I've been really well. I hope this finds you well also and I hope you enjoy the video I posted. I just stumbled upon it (HA - as if), and it just so eloquently delivers a mirror into my soul. I need to move to Hawaii. Don't be surprised if I do. I've been to Kauai and I'm just yearning to go back, more than ever. This just kind of clinched it for me. Reiki is pretty popular there (everywhere) and if I could find a job there - poof. Watch me.

Well, why not? I've got nothing to lose and I really have the limitless sky holding me back. And, if you're going to start over, why not in paradise? Oh no, it really is. Turtles, whales, beaches, rain forests, hawaiian culture and love. It's America, only paradise. It's on my list - and as they say, be careful because your worst nightmare comes true in the end...that's why, my worst nightmare is retiring somewhere on one of the islands of Hawaii. Why not? After this past Winter...

Some seasons are colder than others and spiritually speaking, the Winter of my soul is over. This I know. I am heading for warmer seasons. I feel it. Either way, I'm finding grace to be the order of the day and complete trust. Well, the other way around really. First, I completely trust and then the grace of God meets me and lifts up my heavy chin toward bluer skies. Truer skies. I'm liberated. I don't have to work at it. Effortless and easy becomes the awakening. And, what a great peace and deep knowing in "all is well", and "all is as it should be". I just keep showing up, meditating, praying, and setting healing intentions and know I am venturing into the manifestation territory of my future and dreams. I know I am stepping into that which God has carved out for me. I've heard that in my spirit many times. I know that the more I listen and the more I yield, the more God will lead. That really becomes the effortless and easy part.

I gave a Reiki lecture recently to some beautiful students of Bergen Community College, and I've been practicing Reiki regularly. I also aquired my Akashic Record Certification at a long weekend workshop. I've come a long way - or should I say, Spirit has led me a long way. Yes. Yes, that's what I will say.

Glory to the Most High God, who lives and reigns and has Her being in me. I'm so looking forward again. It's been a while since I've really felt the lightness and hope of that sentiment. I deserve it. Just me, just the way I am. I AM.

Maria is an inspirational and transformative Speaker, Teacher, Usui Reiki Ryoho Master, Certified Akashic Record Reader and Angel Card Reader, Writer, and Young Living Essential Oiler using this lifetime to inspire and motivate others to reach their highest potential. She is also the daughter of character actor Frank Vincent. www.frankvincent.com

After many years in search of wisdom and overcoming many obstacles, she has obtained a refreshing, healing and transformative approach to life, reality, and joyfully living.

Maria gives Workshops at the MSU Drop-In Center, and guest lectures to the Intro to Religion, Women of Religion and Psychology students of Montclair State University, Bergen Community College, and St. Peter's University. She teaches classes on Spirituality, Meditation, Healing, Reiki, Thoughts as Energy, Prayer and more, and offers one-on-one Coaching Sessions, Reiki Sessions, personal Sacred Akashic Record Readings and Certified Angel Oracle Card Readings. Maria is a Young Living Essential Oil Distributor #1276117 and incorporates essential oils into all of her sessions for a thoroughly effective healing experience.

Maria recently Exhibited at the Outdoor Wellness Festival and Spoke about Meditation to the attendees at the NJ baby & child EXPO.

Contact Maria to schedule an appointment, arrange to have her speak at your event, or call for a reading. She can be reached at mangalito@msn.com.